Coastal Marine Debris Detection and Density Mapping With Very High Resolution Satellite Imagery

Marine debris is a serious problem for marine ecosystems and related coastal activities. We carry out study using in-situ clean-up data (collected by local Japanese company) together with high spatial resolution satellite images to determine how well the can be used estimate amount type of deposited on beaches island in southern Japan. use machine learning techniques analyze find that Shannon's entropy computed from World-View 2 3 imagery Maxar Corp. yields useful detection mapping when compared data. also assign concentration each image pixel visualize distribution debris. The algorithm linking ground truth now areas where no are available.